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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Bertrand Stelandre, Thimister, BE;
Thomas Sulzbach, Cologne, DE;
Inventors:
Bertrand Stelandre, Thimister, BE;
Thomas Sulzbach, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a touch-sensitive display device with an integrated mechanical operating part for motor vehicles, in which a mechanical operating part () and a holding magnet () are provided. The operating part () is held by magnetic force on the surface of a touch-sensitive display device (), whereby sensor elements () are provided under the surface of the display device (), and that the switching positions of the operating part () can be determined by the sensor elements.